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42 Is Not Just a Number

Author : Doreen Rappaport
Publisher : Candlewick Press
ISBN 13 : 076369715X
Total Pages : 129 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (636 download)

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Download or read book 42 Is Not Just a Number written by Doreen Rappaport and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2017-09-05 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An eye-opening look at the life and legacy of Jackie Robinson, the man who broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball and became an American hero. Baseball, basketball, football — no matter the game, Jackie Robinson excelled. His talents would have easily landed another man a career in pro sports, but in America in the 1930s and ’40s, such opportunities were closed to athletes like Jackie for one reason: his skin was the wrong color. Settling for playing baseball in the Negro Leagues, Jackie chafed at the inability to prove himself where it mattered most: the major leagues. Then in 1946, Branch Rickey, manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers, decided he was going to break the “rules” of segregation: he recruited Jackie Robinson. Fiercely determined, Jackie faced cruel and sometimes violent hatred and discrimination, but he proved himself again and again, exhibiting courage, restraint, and a phenomenal ability to play the game. In this compelling biography, award-winning author Doreen Rappaport chronicles the extraordinary life of Jackie Robinson and how his achievements won over — and changed — a segregated nation.

Age Is Just a Number

Author : Cherrill Clough
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1499025394
Total Pages : 345 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (99 download)

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Download or read book Age Is Just a Number written by Cherrill Clough and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2014-11-18 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Emily Saunders, an eighty-five-year-old widow of means, lives in an affluent suburb of Brisbane and has everything she needs, but she is lonely. Her family does not have the time to check on her because of their busy lives. She phones her friend Audrey Thomas, also a widow, and asks her to accompany her on a cruise, and she is delighted. They had been through high school together and are still the best of friends. During the cruise, there is a talent quest; and as Audrey, also eighty-five, always wanted to be a singer, she entered and won the first and second contests, then was requested by the audience to do concerts, which were well-attended on the ship. On the cruise, they stopped at a small island that was very little, and the two ladies went to visit the school, which had very little tools, books, and things needed to run any school. Audrey and Emily decided to start a charity for the school. It was doing really well, and some big company names generously gave their products just for a mention in their advertisement. The women did well and soon outfitted the school from the donations received. After their second cruise, requested by the company for Audrey to do more concerts on board, they delivered all the goods, and the children did a concert on the ship for thanks and built up a good rapport with the passengers who all wanted to help this poor island school and joined the charity. They arrived back in Brisbane to the television news showing that a huge cyclone had washed away the homes of the children of the Vitu School and all the terrible devastation. Many families living in the school and hospital on the hill are the only buildings standing fully intact. The cruise ships couldnt go in for the debris everywhere, so there was no income from the islanders wares. It was full steam ahead with the charity. Audreys two sons came and voluntarily managed the funds coming in through the charity. Audrey does a huge concert in Brisbane with other supporting acts in a stadium for seventy-five thousand people and kept the charity money building. There were fifty-six tradesmen of all persuasions who went voluntarily and did an amazing job, all being filmed to show the people where their hard-earned donations had been used for. From this, Audrey, who has dreamed of having her own concert all her life, made DVDs and CDs that sold out and won awards. They both got humanitarian awards and, after a full-on three years, decided to slow down and take it easy. This is a wonderful story of love, friendship, family, and human kindness and proves that age is just a number.

Just a Number

Author : Anne-Marie Mooney Cotter
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317109929
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (171 download)

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Download or read book Just a Number written by Anne-Marie Mooney Cotter and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-22 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whilst workers' organizations and third-party analysts around the world commonly cite age as the most prevalent form of discrimination in the workplace, age discrimination has not had the same high profile as discrimination on grounds of sex or race. This book allows readers to better understand the issue of ageism and inequality. It examines the primary role of legislation and court process in combating age discrimination at both national and international levels. Including the role of NAFTA and the EU in this respect, it also provides a detailed examination of the relationship between age issues and the law, and will be an important resource for those involved in age discrimination and elder rights.

Age Is Just a Number

Author : Dara Torres
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 0767931912
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (679 download)

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Download or read book Age Is Just a Number written by Dara Torres and published by Crown. This book was released on 2010-03-02 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From legendary Olympic gold medalist Dara Torres comes a motivational, inspirational memoir about staying fit, aging gracefully, and pursuing your dreams. Dara Torres captured the hearts and minds of Americans of all ages when she launched her Olympic comeback as a new mother at the age of forty-one—years after she had retired from competitive swimming and eight years since her last Olympics. When she took three silver medals in Beijing—including a heartbreaking .01-second finish behind the gold medalist in the women’s 50-meter freestyle—America loved her all the more for her astonishing achievement and her good-natured acceptance of the results. Now, in Age Is Just a Number, Dara reveals how the dream of an Olympic comeback first came to her—when she was months into her first, hard-won pregnancy. With humor and candor, Dara recounts how she returned to serious training—while nursing her infant daughter and contending with her beloved father’s long battle with cancer. Dara talks frankly about diving back in for this comeback; about being an older athlete in a younger athletes’ game; about competition, doubt, and belief; about working through pain and uncertainty; and finally—about seizing the moment and, most important, never giving up. A truly self-made legend, her story will resonate with women of all ages—and with anyone daring to entertain a seemingly impossible dream.

Age Is Just a Number

Author : Myrliss Hershey
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1462841023
Total Pages : 171 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (628 download)

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Download or read book Age Is Just a Number written by Myrliss Hershey and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2008-10-10 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marvela Higglesford, a 74 year old retired television producer from New York, left her comfortable apartment to live in a retirement community in Johnson County, Kansas. There she could be equidistant from her two sons, and easily fly to visit her daughter in London. Marvela adjusts to the wrenching change by volunteering and interviewing residents who have amazing stories to tell. She reconciles with her ex-husband at their daughters wedding. They reveal plans to remarry shortly before John dies of a massive stroke. Marvelas friendship with a paraplegic resident, blossoms into a romance. Despite the handicap, and their age difference, they marry. After all, age is just a number.

Age Ain't Nothing but a Number

Author : Carleen Brice
Publisher : Beacon Press
ISBN 13 : 9780807028230
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (282 download)

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Download or read book Age Ain't Nothing but a Number written by Carleen Brice and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 2003-05-15 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finally, a collection that celebrates, considers, contemplates, even criticizes'midlife' from a black woman's point of view. Age Ain't Nothing but a Number ranges over every aspect of black women's lives: personal growth, family and friendship, love and sexuality, health, beauty, illness, spirituality, creativity, financial independence, work, and scores of other topics. Midlife today isn't your grandmother's'change of life.' Today, black women call hot flashes 'power surges,' and menopause, the 'pause that refreshes.' These days, middle-aged women may be newlyweds or new mothers, as well as grandmothers or widows. They may experience the empty-nest syndrome and then the 'return-to-the-nest syndrome' as adult children move back home. They may navigate the field of Internet dating, travel the world, teach homeless women, take up pottery, or study international business. This anthology captures all of these aspects of midlife as experienced by some of the finest voices in African-American writing today. Featuring the work of Maya Angelou, J. California Cooper, Pearl Cleage, Nikki Giovanni, Susan L. Taylor, Alice Walker, and dozens of others, Age Ain't Nothing but a Number will make readers think, laugh, and cry and will be the perfect gift book for spring.

Age Is Just A Number

Author : Harold Sala
Publisher : OMF Literature
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 110 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Age Is Just A Number written by Harold Sala and published by OMF Literature. This book was released on 2017-10-01 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who's growing old? Not me. While going through this marathon call life, do you feel like you still have unlimited energy? Or are you telling yourself more often now, "If I make it through this day without needing painkillers, I'll be happy"? Let's face it, time has a way of sapping our strength, drawing lines on our faces, and dulling our memories. But do you know that you can age without growing old? After all, age is just a number! This delightful book packed with practical tips, inspiring words, and light humor is just what you need. Harold and Darlene Sala share how you can appreciate life at every stage and make the years count. So stretch those achy joints, tie your shoelaces, and be ready to go many miles more. You are about to enjoy what could be the best time of your life!

Age is Just a Number

Author : Charles Eugster
Publisher : Sphere
ISBN 13 : 0751565385
Total Pages : 139 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (515 download)

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Download or read book Age is Just a Number written by Charles Eugster and published by Sphere. This book was released on 2017-01-26 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Retired dental surgeon Charles Eugster rekindled a love of competitive rowing he'd neglected for most of his adult life at the age of 63. He took up bodybuilding at the age of 87. And at the age of 95 he started sprinting for the first time in his life, becoming World Champion at 200m indoor and 400m outdoor. He is a world record holder for his age group in a number of sports, and has 40 Gold Medals for World Masters Rowing. In this book, Charles shares his journey and his passionate belief that growing older needn't slow you down. And he shows his readers how taking on new challenges, learning new things, and improving your body as it ages is not only fun, but rewarding for the individual, and beneficial to society.

Think of a Number

Author : M. E. Lines
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1000110826
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Think of a Number written by M. E. Lines and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2021-12-17 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How many colors are needed to color a map? Must hailstones numbers always fall to the ground? Can statistics prove anything? What is a perfect square, and who has found the ultimate one? How do numbers affect national security? What kinds of problems confront the traveling salesman? Does anyone know how best to pack balls together? What is life like in 4 (or 3 1/2) dimensions? How does a clock count, and why should we care? What number secrets do sunflowers and pine cones conceal? What is a monster doing in mathematics? These and many other fascinating questions about familiar numbers like 1, 2, and 3 are explored in Malcolm Line's second adventure into the world of numbers. Written in a lively and readable style, Think of a Number relates the story of some of the most famous problems that have confronted the world's experts over the centuries, from the earliest interests of the ancient Greeks to the very cutting-edge of modern research involving today's most powerful computers. The book explores the relationship between numbers and nature in its broadest sense and discovers the beauty of fractals and chaos. Requiring little or no prior knowledge of mathematics, this resource will be fascinating reading for anyone with an interest in numbers and their role in the natural world.

Think of a Number

Author : John Verdon
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 0307588947
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (75 download)

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Download or read book Think of a Number written by John Verdon and published by Crown. This book was released on 2010-07-06 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first book in the Dave Gurney series, Think of a Number is a heart-pounding game of cat and mouse that grows relentlessly darker and more frightening as its pace accelerates Threatening letters arrive in the mail over a period of weeks, ending with a simple declaration: “Think of any number . . . picture it . . . now see how well I know your secrets.” Those who comply find that the letter writer has predicted their random choice exactly. But when oddities that begin as a diverting puzzle quickly ignite into a massive serial murder investigation, police are confronted with a baffling killer, one who is fond of rhymes filled with threats and warnings, whose attention to detail is unprecedented, and who has an uncanny knack for disappearing into thin air. Brought in as an investigative consultant, Dave Gurney, a recently retired NYPD homicide investigator, soon accomplishes deductive breakthroughs that leave local police in awe. Yet, even as he matches wits with his seemingly clairvoyant opponent, Gurney’s tragedy-marred past rises up to haunt him, his marriage approaches a dangerous precipice, and he wonders if he’s met an adversary who can’t be stopped. A work that defies easy labels—at once a propulsive masterpiece of suspense and an absorbing immersion in the lives of characters so real we seem to hear their heartbeats—Think of a Number is a novel you’ll not soon forget.

A Number for your Thoughts

Author : M. E. Lines
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1000111156
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book A Number for your Thoughts written by M. E. Lines and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2020-08-18 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why do we count the way we do? What is a prime number or a friendly, perfect, or weird one? How many are there and who has found the largest yet known? What is the Baffling Law of Benford and can you really believe it? Do most numbers you meet in every day life really begin with a 1, 2, or 3? What is so special about 6174? Can cubes, as well as squares, be magic? What secrets lie hidden in decimals? How do we count the infinite, and is one infinity really larger than another? These and many other fascinating questions about the familiar 1, 2, and 3 are collected in this adventure into the world of numbers. Both entertaining and informative, A Number for Your Thoughts: Facts and Speculations about Numbers from Euclid to the Latest Computers contains a collection of the most interesting facts and speculations about numbers from the time of Euclid to the most recent computer research. Requiring little or no prior knowledge of mathematics, the book takes the reader from the origins of counting to number problems that have baffled the world's greatest experts for centuries, and from the simplest notions of elementary number properties all the way to counting the infinite.

50+

Author : Bill Novelli
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 1429980176
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book 50+ written by Bill Novelli and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2006-10-03 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 50+ is a call to arms. It's a groundbreaking look at the revolution that's going on right now among seventy-eight million American baby boomers. From age 50+ on up, Americans are refusing to rock away their retirement. They're starting new careers, rallying for causes close to their hearts, raising grandchildren, becoming more active in their communities, and, above all else, changing the face of aging in America. Bill Novelli, CEO of AARP, knows that with the largest generation of Americans ever recorded nearing traditional retirement age, this revolution is changing the way 50+ Americans live their lives. The boomers have vast technological expertise, are actively involved in maintaining a healthy lifestyle, have been politically active throughout their lives, and are comfortable managing their own finances. They're no strangers to the gym, the voting booth, online investing sites, or the day-to-day management of their 401(k)s, and they're joining an already active and savvy group of Americans 50+ and beyond who are determined to leave their mark on the world. Novelli knows that there's strength in numbers and that 50+ Americans can seize the day by: --Working to transform health care not only by demanding quality care and lower pharmaceutical costs, but also by engaging in healthy lifestyles and preventive care --Creating a secure retirement by planning personal finances well in advance and working to make Social Security solvent for all Americans --Revolutionizing the workplace so those of us who want or need to continue working can do so in a way that benefits everyone. --Building livable communities with improved housing, transportation, and services, allowing all Americans to age in place. --Changing the marketplace by driving the development of innovative products and services that add value to 50+ lives, and using collective purchasing power to make them affordable --Advocating for causes that will really make a difference --Creating a lasting legacy so we can leave the world a better place than we found it. By discovering the possibilities that lie within all of us, we can ignite a twenty-first-century revolution to make America better and stronger. If you're 50+, Bill Novelli has a message for you: The best is yet to come.

The 50 Plus Market

Author : Dick Stroud
Publisher : Kogan Page Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9780749449391
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (493 download)

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Download or read book The 50 Plus Market written by Dick Stroud and published by Kogan Page Publishers. This book was released on 2007 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawn from original research, this work takes an international perspective of the subject of marketing to the 50 and over demographic and includes insight into how leading multinationals view the 50-plus market.

Moon Rising

Author : Ann Edall-Robson
Publisher : FriesenPress
ISBN 13 : 1460256824
Total Pages : 58 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (62 download)

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Download or read book Moon Rising written by Ann Edall-Robson and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2014-12-08 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through photographs, verse, insightful musings, anecdotes, and short stories, Moon Rising takes a luxuriant ramble over a broad range of human emotions, evoking lightning bolts of empathy and recognition. Gorgeous photographs are perfectly paired with deftly crafted text to create a visceral experience of the sights, sounds, and feelings of the human experience and rural life in particular. With richly sensory detail, humour, passion, and keen poetic insight, the photographs, verse, and prose of Moon Rising offer a delicious smorgasbord of emotional highs and lows.

Driving by the Woods

Author : Muktanjali Arya
Publisher : Notion Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 58 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (941 download)

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Download or read book Driving by the Woods written by Muktanjali Arya and published by Notion Press. This book was released on with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Rainbow's Hidden Treasures

Author : Kyle Walker
Publisher : Tate Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1617772216
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (177 download)

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Download or read book Rainbow's Hidden Treasures written by Kyle Walker and published by Tate Publishing. This book was released on 2011-05 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Just like the rainbow has no end, God's promise has no end Just like the rainbow will last forever I want us to last Forever in a bond of unbreakable love sent from the Father in Heaven There is more to the rainbow than the pot of gold at the end. What if we have been looking at the wrong place and the treasure that we seek is not at the end of the rainbow, but within the rainbow itself? Join Kyle Walker on a journey to find this true treasure as he explores themes of faith and love in inspirational verse.

A Number for your Thoughts

Author : Lines M E
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 9780852744956
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (449 download)

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Download or read book A Number for your Thoughts written by Lines M E and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 1986-01-01 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why do we count the way we do? What is a prime number or a friendly, perfect, or weird one? How many are there and who has found the largest yet known? What is the Baffling Law of Benford and can you really believe it? Do most numbers you meet in every day life really begin with a 1, 2, or 3? What is so special about 6174? Can cubes, as well as squares, be magic? What secrets lie hidden in decimals? How do we count the infinite, and is one infinity really larger than another? These and many other fascinating questions about the familiar 1, 2, and 3 are collected in this adventure into the world of numbers. Both entertaining and informative, A Number for Your Thoughts: Facts and Speculations about Numbers from Euclid to the Latest Computers contains a collection of the most interesting facts and speculations about numbers from the time of Euclid to the most recent computer research. Requiring little or no prior knowledge of mathematics, the book takes the reader from the origins of counting to number problems that have baffled the world's greatest experts for centuries, and from the simplest notions of elementary number properties all the way to counting the infinite.